Improvement in shovel-plows



' UNITED STATES PETER B.jPAEcELL, 0E Asn-MORE, ILLINOIS.

l IMPROVEMENT IN SHOVEL-PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 108,047, dated October 4, 1870.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER B'. PARGELL, of Ashmore, in the county of Goles and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Double- Shovel Flows; and

I do hereby declareithe following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of an improved double-shovel plow 5 also, in the mode of adjusting the various partsthereof, all of which willbe hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operatiomreferrin g to the annexed drawings, which form a part of my Specification, and in whichi Figure 1 is aV side elevation, and Fig. 2 a

plan view, of my machine. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the shovel.

A A represent the two plow-beams, constructed substantially as shown in Fig. 2, their front ends having the hook or clevis B between them, and fastened together by a bolt, ,pas'sl ing through said beams and the rear end of the clevis. At a suitable point in front of the place where the bolt a passes through, the hook or clevis B is enlarged, having a projection both `on the upper and lower side', through which are a number of holes, as shown in Fig.

' nearly parallel, toward the rear. The beam A' extends farther back than the beam A, and

both beams curve at their rear ends quite abruptly downward, describing a little more than a quarter of a circle. At the point where the beam A commences this downward curve a rod, C, is passed through both beams, and also Lbeams A A are placed braces G G', connected each with its respective beam by means of a bolt, e. These bolts e e' pass through horizontal slots in the shovels H H', the edges of said slots being beveled.

At the lower ends of the beams A A are setscrews ff', which bear against the under sides.

of the plows, and are used, together with the slots in the plows, to regulate and change the position of the plows, so as to throw the earth to or from the plant at the pleasure of the operator.

The upper ends of the braces G G are slotted, and attached by means of bolts 7i h to the handles, by means of which Athe handles may be raised or lowered at will to suit the height of the operator. l

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the beams A A', hook B, screw-rod G, handles D D', round E, braces G G', plows H H', bolts a af, nuts b b', bolt-s e e and h h ,and set-screws f f ,all constructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

PETER B. PARCELL.

Witnesses:

y H. G. WORTHAM, S. M. SHEPARD. 

